M&A Deal Summary

Silvaco Acquires Coupling Wave Solutions S.A.

On September 9, 2020, Silvaco acquired semiconductors company Coupling Wave Solutions S.A.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silvaco’s 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Silvaco’s 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-09-09
Target Coupling Wave Solutions S.A.
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Silvaco
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Coupling Wave Solutions S.A.

Moirans, France
Coupling Wave Solutions is a privately held EDA (Electronic Design Automation) company dedicated to the semiconductor market, addressing system-level noise (SLN) coupling issues. CWS provides tools for system-level interference analysis of complex SoCs (System-on-Chips) that integrate analog, RF (Radio Frequency), and digital blocks. Coupling Wave Solutions was formed in 2004 and is based in Moirans, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Silvaco

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Software
Employees279
Revenue 60M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Silvaco is a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software tools used for process and device development and for analog/mixed-signal, power IC, and memory design. The company delivers a full TCAD-to-signoff flow for vertical markets including displays, power electronics, optical devices, radiation and soft error reliability, and advanced CMOS process and IP development. Silvaco was formed in 1984 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 13
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 12
Country: France M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-05 NanGate

Santa Clara, California, United States

NanGate, Inc. is a provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software which offers tools and services for creation, optimization, characterization and validation of physical library IP. NanGate was founded in 2004 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-12 Dolphin Design SAS

Meylan, France

Dolphin Design SAS is a provider of ultra-low power, high-density memory compilers to the SoC design community. Dolphin Design provides differentiating platform solutions built on state-of-the-art IPs and architectures, customized by unique system-level utilities to deliver fast and secure ASICs, either designed by or for their clients. These platforms are available for various technological processes and optimized for Energy Efficient SoC Design. Dolphin Design was founded in 1985 and is based in Meylan, France.

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